12.5.
Illusion

12.5.1.
Overview

Figure 16.244.
Illusion

Original image

Filter “Fractal Trace” applied

With this filter, your image (active layer or selection) looks like
a kaleidoscope. This filter duplicates your image in many copies, more
or less dimmed and split, and puts them around the center of the image.

12.5.2.
Activate the filter

This filter is found in the image window menu under
Filters → Map → Illusion.

12.5.3.
Options

Figure 16.245.
“Illusion” filter options

Divisions

That's the number of copies you want to apply to image. This
value varies from -32 to 64. Negative values invert
kaleidoscope rotation.

Modes

You have two arrangement modes for copies in image:

Figure 16.246.
From left to right: original image, mode 1,
mode 2, with Divisions=4